Live or Die

On February 22, 2022   /   Word of the Day   /   Leave a comment

Psalm 118:17

I shall not die, but live, and tell of the works of the Lord.

Stop, pause, breathe and really take this verse in. I want us to get a deep revelation of this one. I feel this is dear to the Lord’s heart. I believe He is saying to us today to really let this verse sink in.

Have we not seen several quotes from God that He will give us a long and full life? And didn’t Jesus say that he came to earth to give us abundant life? If we believe those scriptures, it ought to be easy to buy into this one. Here is the thing, all of the verses that I will be sharing with you have God’s healing power imbedded in them. For that matter, every verse in the Bible brings life since the Word is Jesus. This verse, though, truly has the power of life and death in it. You will see others that we could say the same thing about but this one is incredibly powerful.

Suppose you have received a frightening diagnosis from the doctor? What do you do? You’ve got to rehearse these verses over and over until they are so entrenched in your spirit that you believe them with every fiber of your being. I would recommend repeating this one over and over and over. Walk through the grocery store saying, “I shall not die, but live and tell the works of the Lord!” Say it while you are pumping gas, taking a walk, anytime, all the time.  This is exactly what we learned from Job 22: 28, “You will also decree a thing and it will be established.”

Now here is the new revelation. What do you do with this verse if you are perfectly healthy? You do the same thing. Perhaps you are not as fervent as someone who just received a bad report, but this is a verse of life and praise. You can brag about what God is doing for your health right now. We don’t have to get sick to praise God. He is feeding us life and health right now.

Let’s glorify our Lord and God and rely on Him to give us strong, healthy bodies. Let us thank Him for what works well and for the healing power He has flowing through our bodies right now. Anything that doesn’t feel good or isn’t working quite right should be brought before God. Get in agreement with Him for full restoration and ask Him which verse you should lean on. Today’s verse works for every occasion, but the most important verse is the one that goes off in your spirit when you read it. It isn’t always the same one. Get a firm grasp on today’s, though, because God is showing you that He is the giver of life. And emulate this verse. Declare boldly that you shall live and not die. You are healed and blessed!  Glorify the Lord!

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Decreed

On February 23, 2016   /   Word of the Day   /   Leave a comment

Job 22: 28

You will also decree a thing and it will be established for you; and light will shine on your ways.

In a previous devotional we unveiled that there are spiritual laws influencing us and the world around us just as there are physical laws. The first of these spiritual laws is the law of sowing and reaping. It says, “As you sow, so shall you reap.” Upon this law all the others depend.

Today’s verse is on Spiritual Law number two – you will have what you say. People chaff against this and even though most of us, in our hearts, know it is true we still resist its truth. I am not sure why we do this unless it is just that we do not want to be responsible for our results or do not want to be responsible for our words. None the less, the reality of our lives five years from now is being constructed by the words we speak today. 

This verse from the book of Job is an application verse of Spiritual Law Two. Once we know the second law, we can use it in order to establish that which we need and want. You can proactively speak and proclaim and it will be established for you. Must I say that you must believe this passage in order for it to work for you? Any time you spout any sort of unbelief, or try to get God’s laws to work for you mechanically rather than spiritually, you will fail. Speaking unbelief undermines everything faith attempts to accomplish. Mechanically spitting out some formula for Biblical success is anything but Biblical. We are called believers and everything we do is to be according to faith and belief. If, however, you believe what you say, then it shall be done for you.

So, here is the real crux of today’s selected verse. Every day we should arise and begin declaring. Recently, I wrote to you about proclaiming Jesus as Lord every single day. We have the promises of God. There is a whole book of them which I endeavor to ship to your inbox one by one. We can take those promises and speak them over our lives every day. We should declare by the grace of God and name of Jesus that we are the beloved and the redeemed of God. You are today an heir to the Kingdom of God and all that it encompasses. I proclaim in Jesus’ name that you are forgiven, sanctified, holy, precious, and glorified. Now, you start proclaiming these things over your life. Decree that your children are saved and serving God. You don’t have to declare it in their faces. You can articulate all your decrees in the shower. Whatever you decree in the name of Jesus, believing, will be established for you.

One last note, if you declare that you are getting old and your body is falling apart, get ready to spend your time in the doctor’s office. If you say you are crazy or losing your mind, you are right. Let this revelation penetrate to the very core of your being – WHATEVER YOU SAY, YOU WILL HAVE. Now start making glorious decrees!

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